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FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 517-525Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-016-0306-3
Keywords
Zebrafish; Yolk protein; Phosvitin-derived peptide; Melanogenesis; Tyrosinase
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [31372505]
- Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province [ZR2011CZ004]
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Zebrafish phosvitin-derived peptide Pt5, consisting of the C-terminal 55 residues of phosvitin, has been shown to have an antimicrobial-immunomodulatory activity comparable to phosvitin. Here, we showed clearly that Pt5 had the capacity to inhibit tyrosinase (TYR) activity and melanin biosynthesis, and this inhibition was independent of cell proliferation and cytotoxic effects. Incubation of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled Pt5 with B16F10 melanoma cells revealed that Pt5 was localized in the cytoplasm of the cells. In addition, Pt5 inhibited the expression of TYR, tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1), tyrosinase-related protein-2 (TRP-2), and microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) in B16F10 melanoma cells and reduced the intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) concentration in the cells, but it did not affect the cellular contents of pERK1/2 and beta-catenin, suggesting that Pt5 regulates melanin biosynthesis via cAMP signaling pathway rather than Wnt and MAPK pathways. Collectively, these data indicate that Pt5 has the potential to be used as a melanogenesis inhibitor in medical and cosmetic industry, a novel role ever reported.
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